Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1887-05-20
HOW THE VICTORY WAS WON.

DEAR UNION SIGNAL 1T would take
many Issues of The UNION SIGNAL In
which TO tell the many noble acts of Kan
sas women in the recent municipal elect
ions. Ii would take quite as many TO re-
tuie the numerous falseh oods of the W hisky
the purpose Of hindering the on-coming
OF woman suffrage. Lenvenworth being
the great battlefield, it has been the city
most malIgned and msrepresented. Suf-
flee II TO say that, Notwithstanding all the
reports TO the contrary, the presence OF
women made the day one of perfect order
around the SIX polling places, and made
many converts to the cause of woman
suffrage.
was in my carriage, and passed from
one polling place 10 another all day long
Every minister Of the gospel, and all re-
putable citizens, will bear me out in this
assertion. If bad women" voted they did
30 quitely, and left the polling places at
once, and their pre- sence and votes were
not more contamnating than those of the
bad men" who have made fense of the
good women of Kansas, that l pen these
thoughts for your numerous readers.
want to pay we'll deserved uIbute OF honor
to the colured women OF Leavenworth for
their almost unanimous vote for temper
I...., II
messed greater zeal and earnestness, or more
conscientious Christian work among wom-
en- lhnn | found among these. Their
work was often done at great personal
sacrifice. The majority OF them earn their
subsistence by days work this they would
hasten to do, and put ia the remaining
hours, even late at night, visiting aud car
rying the gospel of temperance 10 others Of
their race. One-iiilh OF The voters OF
Leavenworth are colo red people, and with
out the aid oi these women the saloon
ticket would nave been overwhelin ingly
elected. The morning that | arrived 10
begin my campaign in the city, the X an
sas City Times, which represents the bas-
est eIelIlemt In Kansas politics, stated that,
''as negro men could be bought 10 vote any
ticket that would put up the money, 30
negro women could be bought for 81
apiece"
When the saloonatcs saw these women
gathering in their churches they became
alarmed, and sent whisky alliance mission
aries to make house tO.hOuse vIsilHtiUns TO
persuade or inllmidate them to vote against
law aud order Servants, seamslresses,
washerwOmen, were threatened with DIS
ened with eviction, aud in one instance
mortgage held ON little home was
foreclosed because the good woman would
not pledge herself TO vote the whisky ticket.
Some were offered five dollars for their
vote. One dear old lady, who could neith-
er read nor write. was asked 10 sell her
vote. Her reply was "No marm, l
am naked TO- close ; | have nary dress but
dis ole calIcc, but l am not naked for
principle, aud shall vote TO- de Lord on
dat day" On election day this woman
worked faithfully among her sisters. E1-
tending her hand 10 grasp mine M drove
up 10 her polling place, she said, "Hab
you noticed de difrence tween our folks
and de whisky loks2 Why, our folks iS
all smilesj and dey look up and let de full
sunlight ob Heaven clear in der faces,
while dc whisky folks tuck down deir
heads, look out under deir eyes and irown
/ tell you dey got money, we got faith
and faith WINS ebery time. To-day we
vote, Tomorrow we preach dc funeral ser